2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League

This article is about the top division of the competition. For the lower division, see 2024–25 Scottish Women's Premier League 2.

Scottish Women's Premier League

Season	2024–25
Dates	10 August 2024 – 18 May 2025
Champions	Hibernian (4th title)
Relegated	Spartans Queen's Park Dundee United
Champions League	Hibernian Glasgow City
Matches	192
Goals	788 (4.1 per match)
Top goalscorer	Katie Wilkinson (39 Goals)
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 18 May 2025.

The 2024–25 season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, also known as ScottishPower Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was the 24th iteration of the top-tier Scottish women's football league, and the third season organised by the Scottish Professional Football League. The division is sometimes referred to as SWPL 1 when distinction from the lower division of the competition, known as SWPL 2, is required.

The season began with the defending champions Celtic hosting Dundee United on 10 August 2024. The final matchday of the regular season was scheduled for 2 March 2025 and the last post-split matchday (32nd game overall) was scheduled for 18 May 2025.

Due to the format changes planned for the 2025–26 season, bringing the number of teams in both the SWPL and SWPL 2 to ten, the 2024–25 season was transitional. The competition format remained unchanged, but no relegation play-off would take place and the three lowest-ranked teams would be relegated to 2025–26 SWPL 2 directly.

For the third season in succession the championship was settled on the final matchday. Challengers Rangers hosted surprise leaders Hibernian at Ibrox Stadium three points behind but with a better goal difference, meaning a victory for the home side would give them the title; however, Hibs won 1–0 to secure their first SWPL title since 2006–07, before the long run of dominance by Glasgow City had begun. The disappointment for Rangers in narrowly missing out on the championship was worsened by being overtaken into second place and qualification for the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Champions League by Glasgow City; holders Celtic had been in contention at the split but finished some way behind in fourth.

At the other end of the table, Dundee United and Queen's Park had seemed doomed for several months and eventually gained only 7 and 12 points respectively. The close battle among the rest of the 'bottom six', particularly between Montrose and Spartans, to avoid becoming the third relegated team was lost by Spartans, who fell out of the top division 21 years after joining the league in 2004 as Whitehill Welfare; in the 2020s they had gradually lost ground to Heart of Midlothian as Hibernian's rivals in Edinburgh.

Teams

Aberdeen

Celtic

Dundee United

Montrose

Motherwell

Rangers

Edinburgh

Edinburgh
Heart of Midlothian
Hibernian
Spartans

Glasgow

Glasgow
Glasgow City
Partick Thistle
Queen's Park

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Locations of teams in the 2024–25 SWPL.

Team	Location	Manager	Home ground	Capacity	2023–24 finish
Aberdeen	Cove Bay	Scott Booth	Balmoral Stadium	2,602	8th
Celtic	Airdrie	Elena Sadiku	Excelsior Stadium	10,101	1st
Dundee United	Dundee	Suzy Shepherd	Foundation Park	225	11th
Glasgow City	Springburn	Leanne Ross	Petershill Park	1,000	3rd
Heart of Midlothian	Edinburgh	Eva Olid	Oriam	1,000	4th
Hibernian	Edinburgh	Grant Scott	Meadowbank Stadium	1,320	5th
Montrose	Montrose	Craig Feroz	Links Park	4,936	9th
Motherwell	Motherwell	Paul Brownlie	K-Park	500	7th
Partick Thistle	Springburn	Brian Graham	Petershill Park	1,000	6th
Queen's Park	Glasgow	Craig Joyce	New Tinto Park	1,000	1st (SWPL 2)
Rangers	Cumbernauld	Jo Potter	Broadwood Stadium	8,086	2nd
Spartans	Edinburgh	Jack Beesley	Ainslie Park	3,000	10th

Team changes

Entering league	Exiting league
Promoted from 2023–24 SWPL 2	Relegated to 2024–25 SWPL 2
Queen's Park	Hamilton Academical

Regular season

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Glasgow City	22	17	3	2	90	10	+80	54	Advances to the championship round
2	Hibernian	22	17	3	2	71	14	+57	54
3	Rangers	22	16	4	2	112	18	+94	52
4	Celtic	22	16	3	3	82	15	+67	51
5	Heart of Midlothian	22	14	4	4	73	14	+59	46
6	Motherwell	22	10	2	10	51	46	+5	32
7	Partick Thistle	22	5	9	8	29	39	−10	24	Participates in the relegation round
8	Aberdeen	22	6	3	13	20	81	−61	21
9	Spartans	22	5	2	15	23	58	−35	17
10	Montrose	22	4	2	16	22	82	−60	14
11	Queen's Park	22	2	2	18	10	101	−91	8
12	Dundee United	22	1	1	20	14	119	−105	4

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;

Results

Home \ Away	ABE	CEL	DUN	GLA	HEA	HIB	MON	MOT	PAR	QUE	RAN	SPA
Aberdeen	—	0–4	1–1	0–5	0–2	1–7	2–0	0–6	0–0	3–0	0–11	1–0
Celtic	8–0	—	9–0	1–0	4–0	0–0	5–1	5–1	4–2	5–0	2–3	1–0
Dundee United	1–2	0–8	—	0–13	0–8	0–5	1–3	1–6	0–4	2–3	0–10	1–2
Glasgow City	6–1	2–2	7–0	—	2–1	3–0	8–0	4–0	3–0	8–0	3–0	6–0
Heart of Midlothian	3–0	1–0	9–0	0–0	—	0–1	6–0	6–1	1–1	6–0	0–2	5–0
Hibernian	7–0	1–0	6–0	3–1	0–4	—	5–1	4–0	1–1	6–1	1–1	6–0
Montrose	1–2	2–4	2–1	0–7	0–3	0–2	—	0–4	1–1	1–0	0–9	0–3
Motherwell	4–2	0–4	4–1	0–1	0–0	0–5	3–2	—	0–4	6–1	0–1	4–1
Partick Thistle	2–2	0–3	4–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–3	1–1	—	2–0	0–6	1–1
Queen's Park	0–2	0–6	1–2	1–6	1–11	0–2	0–3	0–6	0–0	—	0–14	1–0
Rangers	10–0	2–2	6–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	10–2	2–0	4–0	9–0	—	6–1
Spartans	3–1	0–5	6–1	0–2	0–2	0–4	3–0	1–5	1–2	1–1	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 2 March 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hibernian (C)	32	24	5	3	90	21	+69	77	Secures a spot in the Champions league qualifying round 2, champions path
2	Glasgow City	32	23	5	4	107	18	+89	74	Secures a spot in the Champions league qualifying round 2, league path
3	Rangers	32	22	5	5	139	27	+112	71
4	Celtic	32	19	5	8	97	30	+67	62
5	Heart of Midlothian	32	18	5	9	91	32	+59	59
6	Motherwell	32	10	2	20	52	86	−34	32

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	GLA	HIB	RAN	CEL	HEA	MOT
Glasgow City	—	0–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	4–0
Hibernian	2–2	—	2–0	4–2	1–2	2–0
Rangers	0–1	0–1	—	1–1	4–0	6–0
Celtic	1–2	0–0	0–1	—	2–1	6–0
Heart of Midlothian	0–0	1–3	3–5	3–1	—	2–0
Motherwell	1–2	0–3	0–8	0–1	0–6	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Partick Thistle	32	11	9	12	41	50	−9	42
2	Aberdeen	32	12	5	15	46	94	−48	41
3	Montrose	32	11	4	17	43	90	−47	37
4	Spartans (R)	32	11	3	18	43	70	−27	36	Relegation to 2025–26 SWPL 2
5	Queen's Park (R)	32	3	3	26	16	124	−108	12
6	Dundee United (R)	32	2	1	29	23	146	−123	7

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored;
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	PAR	ABE	SPA	MON	QUE	DUN
Partick Thistle	—	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	1–0
Aberdeen	2–0	—	2–4	2–2	5–2	2–0
Spartans	1–2	1–1	—	3–2	2–0	1–0
Montrose	2–0	3–2	2–1	—	4–0	4–0
Queen's Park	0–1	0–3	0–2	0–0	—	1–2
Dundee United	3–4	0–5	2–5	0–1	2–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 18 May 2025. Source: SWPL.uk
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Awards

Player of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Source
August	Abbie Ferguson	Hibernian
September	Laura Berry	Rangers/Motherwell
October	Erin Husband	Heart of Midlothian
November	Hannah Jordan	Spartans
December	Kathleen McGovern	Hibernian
January	Eilidh Adams	Hibernian
February	Maria McAneny	Celtic
March	Kirsty Howat	Rangers
April	Kathleen McGovern	Hibernian
May	Kathleen McGovern	Hibernian

Goal of the Month

Month	Player	Team	Against	Source
August	Tiree Burchill	Partick Thistle	Spartans
September	Jade McLaren	Montrose	Dundee United
October	Neve Guthrie	Montrose	Partick Thistle
November	Chelsea Cornet	Rangers	Celtic
December	Kathleen McGovern	Hibernian	Rangers
January	Lucie Burns	Kilmarnock	Gartcairn
February	Maria McAneny	Celtic	Glasgow City
March	Rosie McQuillan	Queen's Park	Dundee United
April	Eva Thomson	Aberdeen	Queen's Park
May	Cara Gray	Kilmarnock	Livingston

Top goalscorers

As of 18 May 2025

Rank	Player	Team	Goals
1	Katie Wilkinson	Rangers	39
2	Saoirse Noonan	Celtic	25
3	Kathleen McGovern	Hibernian	25
4	Eilidh Adams	Hibernian	24
5	Rio Hardy	Rangers	22
6	Nicole Kozlova	Glasgow City	21
7	Laura Berry	Rangers/Motherwell	18
8	Brenna Lovera	Glasgow City	18
9	Bayley Hutchison	Heart of Midlothian	16
10	Kirsty Howat	Rangers	14
11	Maria McAneny	Celtic	13
12	Hannah Jordan	Spartans	13
13	Olufolasade Adamolekun	Heart of Midlothian	12
14	Natalia Wróbel	Glasgow City	11
15	Carla Boyce	Partick Thistle	11
16	Georgia Timms	Heart of Midlothian	10

External links

Official website